1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–3–2 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive schemeT formation
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumJones Stadium
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Arkansas + 6 1 0 10 1 0
No. 3 Texas + 6 1 0 9 1 1
No. 14 SMU 5 2 0 8 3 0
Texas Tech 4 3 0 5 3 2
Baylor 3 4 0 3 7 0
Texas A&M 2 5 0 3 7 0
TCU 2 5 0 3 7 0
Rice 0 7 0 0 9 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team represented Texas Technological College—now known as Texas Tech University—as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their eighth season under head coach J. T. King, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–3–2 record (4–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the SWC, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 255 to 241.[1][2] The team's statistical leaders included Joe Matulich with 864 passing yards, Roger Freeman with 471 rushing yards, and Bobby Allen with 546 receiving yards.[3][4] The team played its home games at Clifford B. & Audrey Jones Stadium.

  1. ^ "1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Texas Tech Football 2017 Media Guide". Texas Tech University. 2017. p. 99. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "1968 Texas Tech Red Raiders Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
  4. ^ 2017 Media Guide, p. 158.

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